Conflicts in Curriculum Theory [electronic resource] : Challenging Hegemonic Epistemologies /
Paraskeva, João M.author.
This book challenges educators to be agents of change, to take history into their own hands, and to make social justice central to the educational endeavor. Paraskeva embraces a pedagogy of hope championed by Paulo Freire where people become conscious of their capacity to intervene in the world to make it less discriminatory and more humane.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: Re-Inserting Historicity Into the Curriculum Donaldo Macedo; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Nature of Conflict; 2 The Struggle Over Knowledge Control; 3 A Simplistic Tool for a Lethal Phenomenon; 4 The Emergence of Ralph Tyler; 5 The Prosser Resolution; 6 The Struggle for Curriculum Relevance; 7 The Emergence and Vitality of a Specific Critical Curriculum River; 8 Challenging Epistemicides: Toward an Itinerant Curriculum Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This book challenges educators to be agents of change, to take history into their own hands, and to make social justice central to the educational endeavor. Paraskeva embraces a pedagogy of hope championed by Paulo Freire where people become conscious of their capacity to intervene in the world to make it less discriminatory and more humane.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
Educational sociology.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Art education.
Epistemology.
Curriculum Studies.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Philosophy of Education.
Creativity and Arts Education.
Epistemology.